Fiorentina 2-1 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 16 September 2017

Result

Fiorentina 2-1 Bologna

Serie A · Saturday 16 September 2017, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Fiorentina · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Fiorentina 2-1 Bologna: match report

Fiorentina beat Bologna 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Federico Chiesa opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Federico Chiesa (51') and Germán Pezzella (69'). Bologna scored through Rodrigo Palacio (52').

Discipline: Fiorentina received 1 yellow card; Bologna received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 10th on 3 points from 3 and Bologna 9th on 4 points from 3. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Bologna 15th with 39.

Fiorentina lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bologna in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristiano Biraghi of Fiorentina (7.8), level with Germán Pezzella (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bologna.

Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read W-L-L and Bologna's L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Rodrigo PalacioBologna
  • 16'Yellow card · Milan BadeljFiorentina
  • 28'Yellow card · Federico Di FrancescoBologna
  • 51'Goal · Federico ChiesaFiorentina · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Rodrigo PalacioBologna · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Germán PezzellaFiorentina · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Filip HelanderBologna

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fiorentina 7, draws 1, Bologna 2.

Team news

Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marco Sportiello, Cristiano Biraghi, Davide Astori, Germán Pezzella, Bruno Gaspar, M. Badelj, Jordan Veretout, Marco Benassi, Federico Chiesa, Cyril Théréau, Giovanni Simeone

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Antonio Mirante, Giancarlo González, Emil Krafth, Filip Helander, Adam Masina, Erick Pulgar, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Andrea Poli, Mike van Dijk, Federico Di Francesco, Rodrigo Palacio